|Maine Runs Free Pesticide Disposal Program|
Maine Public Broadcasting - 8/16/2013. The Maine Board of Pesticides Control and Department of Environmental Protection are running a program in October to dispose of old chemicals like DDT and lead arsenate Maine residents might have in their homes. The department is looking to dispose of any banned pesticides or pesticides that have become caked or frozen and are no longer usable.
|Amid cattle health concerns, Merck halts Zilmax sales|
Reuters - 8/16/2013. By Theopolis Waters and Tom Polansek - U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co said on Friday it is suspending sales of its Zilmax animal feed additive in the United States and Canada following concerns about animals showing signs of distress after use of the product, which is given to cattle to increase their weight before slaughter.
|Genetically modified crops pass benefits to weeds|
Nature - 8/16/2013. By Jane Qui - A genetic-modification technique used widely to make crops herbicide resistant has been shown to confer advantages on a wild form of rice, even in the absence of the herbicide. The finding suggests that the effects of such modification have the potential to extend beyond farms and into the wild.